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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Death/thrash outfit from Sosnowiec, formed in 2020. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Finnish thrash/death metal band from Vantaa, formed in 2013. They deliver relentless thrash-death from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
London thrash metal, crossover, and crust band formed in 2017. They fuse the speed and aggression of thrash with crust punk's raw, politically charged energy.
Finnish thrash metal band from Laihia in South Ostrobothnia, formed in 2020. They deliver head-chopping thrash metal from the Finnish flatlands.
Thrash metal and hardcore band from Geel, Belgium, formed in 2019. They merge thrash metal's technical riffing with hardcore's aggressive directness.
Thrash metal duo from Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil — brothers Gabriel and Lucas Alves on guitar/vocals and drums — who later relocated to New Jersey. Formed in 2013, they blend old-school thrash with progressive arrangements and modern production, citing Metallica, Sepultura, Death, and Dream Theater as touchstones; their debut album Burn Up This Truth arrived in August 2020.
Thrash metal and crossover band from Massagno, Switzerland, active since 2014. They blend thrash metal's speed with crossover punk energy from the Italian-speaking Ticino region.
Finnish heavy/thrash metal band from Vantaa, formed in 2019. They deliver all-seeing heavy and thrash metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Kurgan-based thrash metal act active since 1995, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Russian filter.
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